Chicago Program: Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Urban Studies

Chicago, Illinois

Internship

Chicago has a wealth of internship possibilities for students, with countless programs and groups dedicated to the arts, thousands of businesses large and small, and a wide variety of social welfare, not-for-profit, educational, and community-based organizations. Students in the Chicago Program commit a minimum of 150 hours to their internship, which typically requires two days per week at the internship site.

Program faculty and staff members act as advisors to the internship program, consulting with site supervisors in determining the terms for the students' work and evaluations, and working with students as they define their interests, develop resumes, prepare for interviews, and apply for internship positions. In addition, students participate in a series of workshops, discussion groups, evaluation sessions, and final internship projects designed to help them contextualize and reflect upon the experience as they consider future professional careers.

Here is a small sampling of recent Chicago Program internships:

Internships for Art Majors

Event planning, preservation, research, and exhibit design and maintenance at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

Working with children in the art program at Lill Street Art Center

Assisting in installation and de-installations of new art at the ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation

Handling art in the prints and drawings department while working with curators and conservationists at the Art Institute of Chicago

Internships for Business & Economics Majors

Creating marketing materials for World Business Chicago

Reviewing grant applications for the Crossroads Fund

Economic development research for Andersonville Development Corporation

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A frustrating part of my college experience was not being able to concentrate more on my interests or majors, so I applied for the ACM Chicago Arts program to finish out my last semester. Talk about going out with a bang! This program threw me into a pool of possibilities and experiences, and I participated in and experienced things I never would have gotten to had I stayed on campus, including working at an all-night jazz club right in downtown Chicago. If you want real, hands-on, life-altering experiences, consider the Chicago Arts Program for a future semester. You won’t regret it.